noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
conveying subordinates' views to rulers; rulers understanding the governed
Archaic political term describing a two-way flow of information: lower officials' opinions reaching the top, and rulers grasping the people's condition. Not used in modern everyday Japanese.
古い政治書には「下達上通」が善政の要と説かれている。
Old political texts teach that 'katatsujōtsū' (conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers) is the key to good governance.